To be able to use Ultimote to its full potential, I thought I'd write some basic tips and trix.
- First of all you need XBMC Dharma installed on your computer (obviously). You can download XBMC here.
- Then, import all your media, choose which scraper to use for movies and so on. Great help for setting up XBMC can be found here.
- To make it possible to use Ultimote the next step is to enable the built in http server. This setting can usualy be found under system/network/services. It will probably look similar to this: (depending on the skin)
Here you may enter your desired port, username and password. You should do just fine leaving username and password as it is. (Be aware that the password is sent unencrypted over your network and can be sniffed. So I suggest not using any password used somewhere else.)
- The next step is to set up Ultimote accordingly. First, go to the settings tab. Either create a new profile or just press the details button on "Profile1". This will bring up this view:
Profile title: A name for the current profile, e.g. "Living room" or "HTPC".
IP: The ip adress to the computer where XBMC is installed.
Port: The port you defined in XBMC.
Username: The username defined in XBMC.
Password: The password defined in XBMC.
When all the settings are entered, make sure XBMC is at its "home screen" then press the "Test and save settings" button. If everything went as it should, an OK! will show up. If not, check for any errors. Make sure XBMC is on, and the http server is up and running.
